Saturday and my Dagner cob was delivered so I broke it in with Smoker's Pride Mellow, They sent a couple of golf tees as tampers.
Although I have several cobs, generally I prefer briar. But there is something about this Dagner, it is a nice looking cob! I'll be surprised if I don't eventually get around to getting one.
Late night, I am forty hours behind on the forum, late night conspiracy theory radio pipe... Stanwell Army Mount 139 Capstan Blue Ready Rubbed
Having some Mac Baren Vanilla Creme in my Dr, Grabow El Dorado while I; once again; work of building MTG decks, lol. Spent 6 hours tonight at my buddies comic shop tonight playing with my friends; and we have officially begun forming a team for competition. I am now officially a Guildmaster! =D
It's a good pipe for clenchers, lightweight and short. The vulcanite stem is unfiltered, and fits other MM cobs, or at least the three I tried it on. I'm hoping this sells well enough that MM decides to produce an upgraded line with better quality stems. I had an early morning bowl of PS 306 English Oriental Supreme in it this morning. There's still a bit of the new cob taste, but it's almost gone.
It really is a nice cob pipe and the stem makes all the difference to me. I wish MM would offer it in there other pipes as well, it would be worth the small price increase.
Sunday afternoon pipe.....Esoterica Peacehaven in a Michal Novak Rare Wood pipe. Zero break-in with this pipe. I'm thinking I may hold off on any other purchases, save money for a while and get another Novak, perhaps one of his mid-range pipes, which would equate to high-end for Tony!
Saturday after pipe project. I was wanting another garage/yard/grass cutting pipe, and had really good luck with my last Briary brand counter pipe, so I picked up another one in sandblast "natural finish." It actually had a light stain applied, versus my other that only had a wax coat applied and lightly buffed out. When doing garage/yard work, I clench a lot and wanted a bent, but didn't see one I liked. So I picked up this straight, with the idea of replicating the bend on my 4th Generation. Using a candle flame, I passed the stem back and forth, going top to bottom, and then applying a slight bend and then dunking in cold water to set it. The bend was successful, and you can see that in the second photo. I included the third, because Gunner, down in the yard, and unknown to me at picture taking time, had taken a keen interest in my project and sat down where his head was visible! While the stem mod went okay, overall this pipe is a fail. The hole, and I knew it at time of purchase but took a chance against my better judgement, is a little high and not on bottom. So I will probably always have more dottle at the bottom than desired. Plus, while I love the small amount of bend in the 4th Gen, this is not ideal for garage/yard work when clenching a lot. Plus, the shank/stem is too long for comfortable long term clenching. I can easily clench the 4th Gen, but that pipe is reserved for sitting down when I can relax, and clenching is very short, time wise. Interesting project, but I missed the mark on this one. I took it on a test drive yesterday working in the garage, and it is not a good performer. Lesson - get a bend, length of shank/stem appropriate to clenching, and get one with a draft hole at the bottom or really close! Plus, on less expensive pipes, they sometimes work out, and sometimes not.
No, I got mine from Aristocob. http://aristocob.com/ They seem to be on backorder too, I had to wait about 3 weeks, I heard they had a shortage of stems at MM. EDIT: And it appears you can order them directly from MM also.
Looks worth it. The freehand is pricey too and from what I have heard everyone loves it. I've hit a pipe low and a radio high so I'm devoting more time and money into my radio habit or I would be drooling over the Dagner more. I still haven't gotten a reply to my question from the Aristocob people either.
Maybe; but it's still a cob. You can get equally sized, quality briar nose warmers for the same price or even a few dollars less. Now one like the Wizard Cobbit, ok; I can see the price on that.
I ran across something I found interesting, so decided to share it for the Orlik smokers who might not know this. I checked a tin of Golden Sliced I bought recently, and it was tinned in Sept 2015.
Once more having some Mac Baren Vanilla Creme while I create a Facebook page and work on a logo. A name has officially been chosen for my new MTG guild and this Saturday will be the first official meeting! At the risk of sounding like a nerd (which I proudly am!!! lol), I must say I am VERY excited! =)
It's good info... I had read that exact Web page not too long ago. Knowing date coding systems is good when shopping in physical stores.
Late night rain drop pipe... One of my first quality briars, from way back, tonight with some PS Luxury Navy Flake.
